Pies and beer
don't help the knees. Andrew Flintoff announced he'll be quitting test cricket after this Ashes series to go and slog his knackered joints out in the one day game, was he better than the numbers suggest? read the rest of this rubbish
Category: Cricket
Toxic ramblings about cricket, especially England and Yorkshire CCC.
Saved by taffy rain
crowd nutters and a bit of shenanigans. That's what got England out of Cardiff without being one nil down in the Ashes, poor performance all round even with Collingwood, Monty and Anderson on the last day. read the rest of this rubbish
That’s the way I play
that's the way I get out. That's they way I help lose Tests matches. England got up to 435 against a not great Australian attack in the first innings of the Ashes, could have been so much better if Kevin Pietersen wasn't a clown. read the rest of this rubbish
It all has to end sometime
and a lot of the time it ends in a whimper. So statistically England's greatest captain Michael Vaughan, with no real chance of an international comeback, announced his immediate retirement from cricket. read the rest of this rubbish
Twenty20 like all games of cricket is
a game of numbers. But I do wish England would stop playing by the numbers, it's just far too predictable but they teased me into bothering about this whole knockabout stuff. read the rest of this rubbish
“Cricketers would never be under any threat
from terrorists. Imran Khan was so sure of it, I think he was the only one but I doubt he thinks that way now after the Sri Lankan tourists were attacked in Lahore. read the rest of this rubbish
Thank you Nick Mallett
England's man-of-the-match in the Six Nations opener. If it wasn't for the Italy coaches odd choice to keep playing Mauro Bergamasco as scrum half, England might not have picked up a win in this years competition. read the rest of this rubbish
Loosing your star player
as captain, it's not ideal. But it's happened before and had a reasonably good outcome when Botham quit before he was fired, like Pietersen, back during the Ashes in 1981. read the rest of this rubbish
If there’s a way to snatch defeat
from the jaws of victory. Then an England cricket team will do it's very best to find it. Yet again the find a way to lose after setting a record target. read the rest of this rubbish
A game of cricket anyone
just down the road from Pakistan, bring your own whites. While the authorities are still trying to find out everything that happened in Bombay and the locals are coming to terms with it why not put more lives at risk for a game. read the rest of this rubbish